I need some goddamn coffee.
Jul. 6th, 2010 09:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lullabelleReview I just received for this story over on Teaspoon:
"awww poor Ianto if its not a half converted Cyberwoman, its the universe's biggest and most idiotic slut."
How the fuck do I respond to that? It's not even relevant. I'll let idiotic slide, because it's a matter of opinion; "oblivious" is probably a better description, but the only person Jack sleeps with in my fic is Ianto. Sluttin' with your partner ain't no sluttin'. I DON'T GET IT. And unfortunately, I have to respond, since evidently there is no "delete review" function on Teaspoon. Later, though, when I'm less pissy.
ETA, because I forgot to mention it earlier: I hate hate hate the term slut. Or whore. Or manwhore. Or their equivalents.
I don't know how rude this actually is, versus the fact they just stepped in my squick pretty hard.
ETA 2: My response:
Thank you for your thoughts, but please don't use sex-shaming language when commenting. Aside from being offensive, Torchwood is a very sex-positive show, and calling Jack a "slut" undermines his character.
Yeah... I dialed it back a bit after checking the reviewer's profile and realizing she was 16.
"awww poor Ianto if its not a half converted Cyberwoman, its the universe's biggest and most idiotic slut."
How the fuck do I respond to that? It's not even relevant. I'll let idiotic slide, because it's a matter of opinion; "oblivious" is probably a better description, but the only person Jack sleeps with in my fic is Ianto. Sluttin' with your partner ain't no sluttin'. I DON'T GET IT. And unfortunately, I have to respond, since evidently there is no "delete review" function on Teaspoon. Later, though, when I'm less pissy.
ETA, because I forgot to mention it earlier: I hate hate hate the term slut. Or whore. Or manwhore. Or their equivalents.
I don't know how rude this actually is, versus the fact they just stepped in my squick pretty hard.
ETA 2: My response:
Thank you for your thoughts, but please don't use sex-shaming language when commenting. Aside from being offensive, Torchwood is a very sex-positive show, and calling Jack a "slut" undermines his character.
Yeah... I dialed it back a bit after checking the reviewer's profile and realizing she was 16.
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Date: 2010-07-06 03:26 pm (UTC)It's the fact that they took a character who is unashamed of his sexuality, and of the sex he has, and then used a term for him that implies he should be ashamed that baffles me.
Maybe they though that by applying a generally female derogatory term to a male was promoting gender equality. LET'S SPREAD THE SHAME. EVERYBODY! CLOSE YOUR LEGS!
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Date: 2010-07-06 03:30 pm (UTC)